Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Outcrop"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Outcrop \Out"crop`\, n. (Geol.)
(a) The coming out of a stratum to the surface of the ground.
--Lyell.
(b) That part of inclined strata which appears at the
surface; basset.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Outcrop \Out*crop"\, v. i. (Geol.)
To come out to the surface of the ground; -- said of strata.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
outcrop
n : the part of a rock formation that appears above the surface
of the surrounding land [syn: {outcropping}, {rock
outcrop}]
v : appear on the surface, come to the surface on the ground;
"Big boulders outcropped"
Additional Hypertext Webster Gateway Lookup
Gateway by dict@stokkie.net
stock only wrote the gateway and does not have any control over the contents;
see the Webster Gateway FAQ,
and also the Back-end/database links and credits.